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Green Technology

Posted byby John Tarantino
July 27, 2013

Solar Boat Breaks Records, Starts Scientific Expedition

Experimental solar vehicles often give us insight on the possibilities of concepts and technologies that are “instilled” in them. Solar Impulse for example, let’s us remember that even our current…

Energy

Posted byby John Tarantino
July 26, 2013

Peru Harnesses Solar Power to Supply Electricity to its Poorest Residents

Peru has started a nationwide solar panel program that aims to supply electricity to 95% of its residents by 2016, Huffpost Green reports. Peru’s program will target more than 2 million of…

Green Technology

Posted byby John Tarantino
July 24, 2013

New Swiss Bus System Charges Batteries in Seconds

Fast charging for EV’s mean a lot for people. In fact, the issue of battery charging time may perhaps be one of the key reasons why adoption of EV’s are…

Eco Editorial

Posted byby John Tarantino
July 22, 2013

Drop-in Biofuels: The Good, the Bad, and the Missed Opportunity

A lot of effort and investment are going right now into making drop-in biofuels the next star of environmentally friendly fuels. Very similar to petroleum in structure, these next-generation biofuels…

Green Technology

Posted byby John Tarantino
July 18, 2013

Research Suggest Cattail as Insulating Material

The cattail, or the Typha, is a plant that is has been long known to human civilization for thousands of years. The plant has served several uses throughout the ages,…

Climate Change

Posted byby John Tarantino
July 17, 2013

DOE Proposes Safeguards for ‘Climate-Resilient’ Energy Sector

It is no coincidence that the energy sector, which has contributed much to altering Earth’s atmosphere, is itself now in danger from climate change. From fuel transport to thermoelectric power…

Sustainability

Posted byby John Tarantino
July 17, 2013

How Private Companies are Key to Saving Brazil’s Other Forest

Big Business and Biodiversity When the Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral first reached the coast of present-day Brazil in April 1500, he found a paradise. Waiting ashore was a vast…

Energy

Posted byby John Tarantino
July 15, 2013

Offshore Wind: An Answer to Our Energy Needs

President Obama made a historic speech on Tuesday June 25th, 2013, which laid out a climate action plan for the country that is aimed at decreasing carbon pollution and slowing…

Animals

Posted byby John Tarantino
July 12, 2013

Global Bird Populations Increasingly Threatened

West Coast Sea Bird Endangered? The coastal waters and offshore islands of sunny California is home to the ashy storm-petrel – a small gray seabird who specifically hangs out in…

Animals

Posted byby John Tarantino
July 12, 2013

South Africa Community Plants Forest To Save World’s Rarest Parrot

To save the only parrot endemic to South Africa, local communities are planting trees critical to the iconic bird’s survival. National Geographic featured the plight of the South Africa’s Cape…